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We do not know.
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-SATURDAY, "- JUNE 19, 1920.
We' secuted, not because their persecuz THE SQUARE DEAS CLUB. THE MARRIAGE OF KITTY. CONSTABLE MURDERED.
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ADVERSARIA.
MARIE TEMPIST AND
© JMPANY.
they would go away. They would it, but because there is the idea not worry about their fate. Let that it is safer for European em.NO SUBSCRIPTION: NO EXPENSES.
THIRTEEN AERKATS. them go, get out of sight, to starve, ployers and European property noti perhaps: ma-kee, so they be gone.'; to_allow_it, as it might lead to
Samshuipo which is usually very Only a night or two ag an other crime. There are those longshore The Square Deal Club is hereby wise dent European was telling junk folk, to be moved away be inaugurated, and we shall be glad to night's performance of Miss Marie excitement scon after 9 pm, last A very good house enjoyed last quiet, was roused to a high pitch, of us that there are too many Chinese cause criminals oray jump on their receive names. You may, if you Tempest and her talented company night when it was discovered that here that they should be segrejunks--the argument does not say
a Chinese constable had been at rated in a Chinese quarter." But they are criminals, and it quite really mean it, sign and send in the of players at the Theatre Royal.
"The Marriage of Kitty" was the tacked and stabbed to death by the poor we have always with us. ignores their wishes. Until recent- following declaration:
play given, and the comedy. has a band of desperadoes. It appears- Are we going to go on treating, ¡y we had the micropecunious 1. being a British subject proven to be one of the best that the constable C348, Leung them in this way, or are we going criminals" exporting paltry sums and proad especially of the traditions plays in the repertoire. The fun, Kat, who WAS off duty last to spend our conduct, and be dein subsidiary coinage, very bad for of British justice and fairplay, hereby this comedy, is of a more night, was taking a stroll in Kremer cent? The word is deliberate and our currency cratem, we admit, but advertent. We say that the daily why should these poor people have enrol myself a member of the S.D.C..ively sort than in "The Duke Street at about 9 pm, when he was inaugurated by the China Man, and of Killiecrankie." and the oppor suddenly attacked from behind by recoril of our polics and police court lost their little money? There is
I promise to do whatever I conveni-tunities for the whole company several mes armed with, knives. work, if fully and fairly presented the crime of being found possessing ently can, by conversation, by letters are greater, The interest, of course. Before he had a chance of defending to a fair-minded eanmunity, would some small object they may have sive a picture only to be described Estolia, and they have to prove that to the Press, by private persuasion of centers upon mischievous Kitty" bimself, the constable was stabbed in as played by Miss Marie Tempest; the back." He put up a desperate influential friends, by constant watch- they didn't, although they live fulness, to discourage anything official amiable but rather unfortunate lord, of
and. Sir Reginald Belsize," the fight for life, but in the course This native-that under the British flag. The con-
the uneven struggle, ba or unofficial that seems to offend the who is pursued by the unwelcome was stabbed of saving our High, ditions are peculiar, and call toraforesaid British traditions and to cr- attentions of a Peruvian widow; Mr. times in the back and chest,
several Mightynesses froin peculiar measures? Quite SO. being pestered has been frank-There is the crime of the noxious this Colony may be administered more finished performance in this characlants then decamped. The Police courage reasonable reforms, so that Graham Browne giving his usual and eventually collapsed. His assai-. ly admitted by high officials.
A trade because people have costs in accordance with these traditions,ter. raitted? Nay, they make a virtua There is the crime of being out
as indecent.
THE MOTIVE
3
more
were informed, and Inspector Lana-
an uncon-
of it, deem it their duty to harass after one a.m. in a hired motor and so be a glory to the Empire in- The story of the play is that Sir gari and a party of Polios went to the poor that we better of people car, because people have ears: but stead-of-a-blot:-and 1/ for my own Reginald Belsize, a devil of a chap the scene and there picked up the may escape petty irritations. They that doesn't affect our indigent part dertake to think twice before with the ladies, has become engaged constable who was in
He was taken limit the number of liceness to clients. So there is something they making any proposal tending to inter- to a jealous Peruvian widow, but a cious conditian.
fere with the liberties of any of my wealthy uncle, dying, leaves in his to the Police S ation where newspaper sellers, on this avowed tape. There are really many fellow subjects, realizing that though will a clause which disinherits Sir he was attended by wo European ground, although newspaper selling crimes here which ought never
Reginald if he marries a widow. His doctors who examined him and found soliciter, John Travers, has a god-eight wounds. These were dressed chỉỏ, Kiny Sylvester. Travers and about an hour later, he was arrives at the conclusion that to removed in an ambulance to the- marry her to Belsize would be most) wharf to be removed to, the advantageous. At first Sir Reginald | Government Civil Hospital, but and the widow intend"that later died as he was being tTRES- divorce would be arranged to enable ferred to the launch. As the result Sir Reginald to marry the widow of enquiries made subsequently, In-, despite the will. Later expe-spector Lansgan learned that the rience with the widow, however, † people responsible for the constable's discourages Sir Regizald, and when murder were a number of ash coolies
only” under more auspicious cir- constable for effecting the arrest of cumstances than in the office of his | some of their clansmen. Thirteen solicitor, he falls desperately in love, men have been arrested, and ard and run away with Kitty, his wife, being detained by the Police for leaving the widow reduced to, bysteri- enquiries. cal rage.
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We confess bewilderment nearly) as creat as that our little client. If our explanation that,
exfiler.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
**
Gymkhana on to-day.
Thursday, July 1, is gazetted a general holiday.
The Sanitary Board meets on Tuesday at 4.15 p..
Mr E, V. D. Parr goes on the Architects Committee.---
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE SHIPPING DISPUTE.
DENEBOLA.
In addition to the excellent acting
company.
THE VICAR'S KISS.
SILENCE IN FUTURE.-
FOUR CHINESE FINED.
that during the past year the regula tions regarding obstruction had been loosely observed. He proposed in future to enforce them and bad fo structed the junk Inspectora accord. ingly,
The defendants were each fixed $10.
KINEMA NOTES.
HONGKONG THEATRE,
at Home is open to the destitute. to go to court at all; too many to Providence may have made us on without fee or restriction. They list ofband: but the worst of the equal, we all have equai-Rights. limit the number of hawkera, tot is this hawking without a though most of these are a con licence. venience to other poot Chinese Which Unofficial Member of bringing to theur little and chea; Council is going to ask the Govern- things that they want and wument if we cannot get back to a therwise or seeking. In the cass less rexations and meddlesome sys of an able-bodied man. though the ten of city administration? principle is more or less the same. I How many of you are going to we should not feel it so. But every join the Square Deal Club. and week, in this criminal infested city, associate yourselves with us in a To the Editor of the " China Me," he again seca "his wife in name who had sworn revenge against the the police are, hy order, and be really determined effort to make cause our comfort is supposed to British justice in Hongkong look
Dear Sir,With reference to this be secured thereby, wasting time more like British justice as it is.
Shipping Award, which I understand over women and children-many at Home? |children-who commit the "crime" | Before leaving the subject for the several are patiently waiting for, I of trying to sell a few peanuts. time being, we would like to say cannot understand why some Chinese without first obtaining, and paying that we do not know the police Shipowners are dilly dallying over the
Their paltry excuse is they of Miss Marie Tempest and Mr. FAIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. for, a licence. If there must be meer who administers the magis matter, heenus-though we cannot see the terial strokes. We renture to are waiting to be notified officially. Graham Browne, Mr. Ashton Jarry necessity since surely our Govern beg the CS.P.,.or whoever is re- Why: I fail to see. It was clearly as John Travers and Miss Doris ment dies not seek revenue from sponsible for this not very honour-understood at the time of the Dispute Gilham as Rosalie scored individual.
bits. The excellent performance. the extremely poor--they should be able appointment, to see that in in December last that after the arbi-
Four Chinese women were charged freely issued for no more than ten future it be always done. if postration was settled the pay would com- of Miss Tempest was highly appre cents, and free to all onder 15. sible, and if it must be done, by mence from 15th December; then ciated, and, at the close of each act, before Commander Beckwith, in the This boy, whose skin was hiken some officer who is the father of again when the arbitrarion, was sealed the curtain had to be raised several Marine Court yesterday, with having with official "euts." broken and family, or by an officer who, after it was published both in the morning times to the acknowledgment of the allowed their respective junks to bruised, and he all the while won- dur cressexamination, is able to and evening daily papers, so what applause by Miss Tempest and her obstruct the Southern Fairway.
All four defendants pleaded guilty. dering why, is 14. He peddled satisfy the examiner that he has a further notification is required? 1
To-night, the last performance of They said that they had been put out some chrai rubbish he had collect-heart. and that he is aware that fail to see. Several have already the company in Hongkong on the pre-of their course by the strong wind el, and was annoying nobody and even Chinese children are included Presented their claims to their owners. sent tour, Outcast" will be played. Commander Beckwith remarked hurting moldy. If he had berget. in a famous and beautiful passage which have been ignored, in fact some in this play Miss Tempest has an be might have been let alone, for beginning: Suffer the little ones have gone as far as to flatly refuse opportunity to display her talent as between Flower Street and Icel
There is a universe of to pay and seem to look upon it * an actress in a part of more serious House Street half a dozen little difference, as all will admits be an imposition; surely they are not character than in the "The Barriage boys beg regularly and persistently.tween that divine order and our quite so dense as to think they can of Kitty."
However my We do not say this to get them into way of making the little ones get out of paying.
advice to them is, pay up and look We were caned once every day for trouble, but only because it seems
pleasant; for pay you must and the A sharp seven successive days by an ang word scatters them; what does that
to strengthen our case.
sooner the better, or you may find the Headmaster this anger flawed in
Guild will take strong measures in redness at the back of his bulging ined the farce of it), imprison- cost? Who wants them run in,
she matter; as you are breaking your neck) and we ran away from thated, or heaten as this boy was? Who
agreement, which will cause unneces- school on the eighth morning, and dares admit that he would care to
sary unpleasantness or both sides. never went back. Yet after that
Yours. etc.,
"Never again will I be tempted to ordeal, in which the man was quite We all like to pretend that we have stir up authority against them?
narrate another osculatory experience To-night at the Hongkong Theatre evidently bent on breaking our in- subordinate spirit, and spored no foreign to our natures, that we are, a heart, that compassion is not
in a parish magazine. That fatal a splendid picture entitled the piece of news spread far and wide"Capitol" by W. W. Hodkinson, vigour, we were not physically, in in effect, normal, decent, kindly
with amazing rapidity. But this I will be shown. It has been brought To those readers jared as this Chinese boy was
buman beings. HONGKONG who look to this The skin was not broken.
WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.must say, I consider you people owe up to date by the dramatist and We
me lasting debt of gratitude for reveals many angles of the political 18 HELL FOR column only for wore the colours of contusion, and
affording you such a fertile topic of situation at Washington. The scene THE POOR, amurement (asat awkwardly, but certainly did
The acrostic did is laid-in-American society circles Messrs. W Logan & Co. fepor conversation. quite legitimate not suffer what this Chinese child-
on June 18:
you, anyway, for only one solution and the story teema with sensational and proper thing) we offer our has suffered. And for what 24 By |
Bil boards and sky signs are
The past week has again been a
has been sent to me. It was very episodes. The burning of a bungalow -apologies to-day. We crave indul-all the recognized principles of dis-
nearly right, but not quier one with only a moderate busi-
quite,” is shown, featuring a very thrilling ence to be for one day perfectly cipline, authority, etc. we deserved it is liverishness which accounts for regulated in today's Gazette.
ness passing. The continued tight by the bachelor vicar of Addlestone the capsizing of a canoe, containing This is the third and final reference escape. Another exciting episode is ned completely serious. So far as every blow we got, because we and of course the callousness our temperament makes it possible, were in oper rebellion. This boy that habitually indulged liverishness
Mr. H. T. Jackman goes on the mess of money is counteracting any (the Rev. A Cuming) to the kiss the star and one of the leading "male benefit which might have been caused given him "by an adult female" in players, in the Potomac Falls. Miss we will carefully exclude any word of fourteen had merely been trying indoces, if that be not accepted. Land Resumption, Arbitration Board
by the fall in exchange. The Shang- the course of his pastoral visitation. Baird takes the leading part and Far phrase of a humorous, com- to earn an honest living, by hawk then we must say we are at a loss plexion. We have been profoundlying some mysterious trifles, marine to understand how this thing can
This is what he wrote in his Parish plays in a very convincing manner. Mr. A. B. Hollingsworth will act bai Market appears to be dead with
nominal quotations moved. Let the reader judge if we products, seeds, what not. some go on, hoy policemen do not often as director of public works while
coming Magazine:"This is a method of The picture abounds in everything Mr. Chatham's away.
through.
salutation to which I am certainly that makes an ideal enterținment." = have reason. In a recent neiuber thing very cheap and unimportant, shut their eyes, why decent magis.
Banks. Hongkong and Shanghai unaccustomed, and as a result, I was of the Ching Mail was a paragraph something that did not make bitrates do not protest at this manu-
Banks have been done. às $650 and embarrassed, to say the least of, it about a Chinese boy who was sen-prosperous enough to pay for a factory of juvenile “criminals," A death from plague and a case tereed to six-strokes for hawking tower's licence Hawking is not what jerits our legislators to pass of cerebro spinal fever are reported more shares could probably be placed The labial impression upon my cheek
at that rate.
was by no means sought after, and Kawithout a licence. He had been a crime. Doing it without a machinery capable of such harsh in to-day's health return.
Marine Insurances.---A good amount after its bestowal I spent some beaten by a policeman a week beficence should not be made a crime. application.
of business has been done in Unions minutes trying to rub it off. I may
Inspector Gordon this morning fere, and earnestly pleaded with the We are now going to speak our wrote those words, some one push- At the Marine Court this morning from $190/$200 and more, shares be summoned to divulge the name of charged a Chinese before Mr. R. O. magistrate that his back was still mind about this, and say why it ed under our eyes a complaint from Commander Beckwith fined
could be placed at $195. Cantons are the lady. Shall I do so? Never. Hutchison with snatching a silver broken and swollen from it, The should not.
a motorist, asking publicity for his masters of five junks $5 each for wanted at $395. North Chings are Not even if bonds of imprisonment purse containing two $10 notes, magistrate had some compassion
"It is pretended complaints, saying that ricshas, are being within 100 yards of the
some $1 notes, and other articles Yang-await me.". (this may sound ironic but is noth
valued at $60 from Mr. Witchell, CONSIDERING and professed that too numerous. that they get in low water mark off the Praya at 11 quoted nominal at Tls. 160.
tszes $225, and Far Easterns Tk. 174. The Harbour and he gave the poor little fellow
the undoubted front of trams and automobiles. p.m.- yesterday.
wife of Mrs. Witchell of the King Refineries.-The early part of the
Edward Hotel: Defendant pleaded the option of fine or jail. One of
necess of our an, in his own words, that they Master said he himself saw 62 boats.
guilty. Inspector Gordon said the other papers regarded the story
great and glorious should be prohibited from the and wanted to know how it was that week saw a decline in China Sugars,
afternoon that yesterday
Mrs. as humorous, and even had an ad empire has rested chiefly on our streets that have tram lines, and the police only got five of them. He but at the close they have improved was informed that the beat covered all and shares are wanted at $228. Mala-
Witchell. went to 23 Humph- miring note on the muscular arm principle of respecting native cas- from other congested sections." of the officer entrusted with the job toms, of considering and soaking What causes a man to be like that, and the police could not be at one buyers at $56.
the harbour including Cheung Chau bons have risen $5 and have now,
reys Buildings, Kowloon, to visit a Lovers of Rabelais will agree with friend. She went up the first fight of Blogging this Chinese child. Aallowances for them. There are to see nothing but his own immedi-spot all the time. Junks were now Docks and Wharves. Kowloon us, n'est ce pas?, that there is a of steps unmolested. When she had good-hearted European gentleman even Privy Council guarantees ex-ate desire and comfort, blind t notified to go to the anchorage after Wharves have receded
slightly flavour of the Master about this reached the top of the second flight w the pathetic side of the story, tant, especially referring to Chinese human rights, blind to all possible: 9 pm, except those which have busi- buyers only offering $844. Kowloon extract from today's Government and was about to knock at the door, saw the damnable injustice of it, rights. Now No Chinese ever consequences of infringing those
| the defendant rushed out from the **Offensive Trade", for the purpose shadow and snatching the purse went and paid the fine, got the bor regarded hawking as a crime. Pro- rights, careless wast happens to the ees on the water front and possess Docks after business at $154 have Gazette. qui of jail; and has taken bin into bably no Chinese even now under. Por, so that he get bis own way?
Miscellaneous. The following are of these by-laws, means and includes bolted down the steps. She followed bis service. So, please God, for stands why we fine or imprison God! That this attitude should be Commander John Morrell of all buying rates-Cements $6.90. the trades of blood-boiling, tripe him and when they got into the street, awhile the little fellow gets respite unlicensed hawkers. Many Euro-se common here, and that above H. M.-5. Cricket* this morning China Providems S7:10, Dairy Farms boiling, soap boiling, tallow melting, Miss Harpes joined in the chase. from the slings and arrows of peans do not we are going to ex all it should be permitted to pre-charged a Chinese before Mr. R. O. $24Ł.
bone boiling. bone-crusting bone The defendant ran into a narrow side Electrics $19, Hongkong Soutrageous fortune.
plain it to them now, as a result vail in the rules and regulations Hutchison, at the Magistracy, with Ropes, $25, Peak Trams (old) $5.40, burning, bone-storing, rag-picking, lane. A coolie also came out from A week or more of the brutal beating and physical with which a British colony is run. theft, on board the ship, which Steam Laundries $4, Waterboats blood-drying, fellmongery, leather the defendant who was eventually rag-storing manure-manufacture, the servants' quarters and cornered SEVEN DAYS after bis official and spiritual injury that this in. It is soulless. It makes us hot with was in the Naval Camber, of $30, $13. -Powells $11 and Wisemans dressing, tanning, glue-making, size caught, and taken to the station.
beating, his body nocent and bonest fad has suffered, shatue and indignation.
the property of the complainant. $35. shows such marks Even now he does not understand
Will some
making, gatecraping, hair-cleaning. When searched the chain of the bag The defendant denied the charge.
feather storing, feather cleaning, pig was found in one of his shoes. The as should not have been there, if what has happened to him. His CRIMES pile for us. a list of Giving evidence, the Commander
roasting, except the roasting of pigs bag was in one of his packets and a the strokes" kad not been ad-young mind has been, perturbed.
as he entered his crimes" of the said that ministered with more vigour than puzzled. frightened, almost un-Hongkong poor, that we may give defendant stooping over a drawer in cabin yesterday he noticed the
in any domestic building or restan $10 note was found in another A rant for consumption in such do the property with the exception of framanity, We have had perhaps balanced. He is conscious of no the people at Home an idea of how which he kept money and personal kis much swishing as the average offence.
mestic building or restaurant by the $10 was recovered.. Six months, and Some foreigners have we handle the white man's bus-effects. The defendant had forced
inmates or visitors thereof, and any twelve strokes. English schoolboy gete, and we treated bin - badly. Some have den," by putting it on the feeble the drawer, and in his left hand he
other noxious or offensive trade, have no maudlin objection to cor- been kinil. Strange, strange are shoulders of poor creatures we had a bunch of notes. Witness
business or manufacture whatsoever. poral punishment. We cannot say these foreigners.
should protect? There's obstrue grapped the intruder by the collar that these ́ ́ arguments" ever con-,
In very many ways here, tion." We have not yet heard of and took him on deck where a short riboed us. It is a point of honour, WHY? it particularly in this a sew-sew, amah being prosecuted, struggle followed,the defendant drop- br used to-be, to take such punish-
ceaseless persecution of though we heard the other day of ping, the notes. A Petty Officer Sant stoically; and the knowledge the Chinese sruall fry, the smallest one having her seying basket came to his assistance, the defendant that it would follow certain conduct inconvenience of liverish and irrit-knocked into the gutter by a pass-was overpowered, handcuffed and
PEKING, June 17. never once deterred ns. Perhaps it fable Europes is deemed sufficient ing European to kick whem notaken to the dockyard gates where he Li Sum Ling, employed in the hardened and inured us, and taught reason for exer-riding equity and decent bystander seems to have was handed over to the police. After Ministry of Finance, who had been that a certain amount of injustice, and for taking and using volunteered. There is this chiil the Petty Officer had given evidence arrested on a charge of divulging Justice must be endured, like the vexatious laws, by-laws, and re-hawking, of which we have per to the effect that he saw the defendabt secret information was released last
Proverbial « peek of dirt Wegulations that make Hongkong a haps said enough for the present, drop the notes, sentence of six weeks" night.
pention it in order to say this. hell for the poor Why do they There are the potty
hard-labour was passed.
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The political situation is unchanged.
OUR RABELAISIAN GAZETTE.
POUR SOURIRE.
A SNATCHER.
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TENNIS LEAGUE..
The following will represent, the Fourteen focal humourists have Chinese Recreation Club Team in big sign on Madame Flint's shop, the Hongkong Cricket Club team, called the China Mail's attention to a the Tennis League match against
facing Pedder Street. It reads: to-day, Bt 4.30 p.m., on the Hang
MARIE TEMPEST
kong Cricket Club Ground: Sze Kwong and Choy Man Ping; Lo 25 per cent. discount.
Man Fan and Work Po Keung; Lo Well” “What about it?
Mán Wal and-Lo Man Ho